Title:
Mahatma Gandhi
Artist:
Ram Sutar Singh
Date:
1998
Location:
First floor stairs
Description:
Bronze bust
Artist Info:
Ram Sutar Singh is a Delhi-based artist.
Other Info:
From Gazette 28, no. 17 (21 January 1998):
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India presents University with bronze bust of Mahatma Gandhi
GANDHI AT YORK: (left to right) India's Consul General Rajeev Kumar Bhatia, President Lorna Marsden and Board of Governors member Dr. Rasik Morzaria celebrate the gift to York of a magnificent bronze sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi.
Rajeev Kumar Bhatia, India's consul general to Canada, presented a specially-commissioned, bronze bust of Mahatma Gandhi to the University, on behalf of the Government of India, at a brief ceremony early in January.
The impressive, larger-than-life sculpture, measuring 92 cm by 80 cm, was sculpted by Delhi-based artist Ram Sutar Singh and was specially commissioned for its installation at York, according to Rajiv Jain, a consulate spokesperson.
The sculpture was presented to the University as part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of India's independence. The Indian government credits Gandhi and his campaign of passive resistance with playing a significant part in achieving independence from Britain.
York was chosen as the recipient of the bust in recognition of the University's several connections with India, including the Centre for Asian Studies, the scholarly activities of a number of faculty members and the large number of students with an Indian heritage.
At a later, formal ceremony, the Gandhi sculpture will be permanently installed near the reflecting pool in the Scott Library.